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With one more arrival than on the previous day, tonnage returns were in creased in yesterday morning's shipping statement by over 10,000 tons. The atate ment recorded a considerable improve ment in freights generally! There was a much better return with regard to
A Daily Espress' representative who | Hongkong cargo; while freight for ports miffed these flowers of speech until he beyond also showed a notable increase.found himself "speaking through his nose decided that the best way, to bring their Hongkong cargo increased by over 5,000 perfume to others was to write a short tons; while that for ports beyond went story in the American idiom, and trans. up by over 10,000 tons. The big increase late it afterwards. Imagine, then, that in freight for other ports was chiefly due Mamie is speaking to Eulalie, a fellow
atenographer. to one return for over 10,000 tons, ac- companied by two other of about half
this amount.
TONNAGE AND NATIONALITIES.
"Lookit, Eulie, what gets my goat about the boss is his colossal nerve. just got the ruzz for fair, and me only an hour late this morning. 'And when,' he SAS,
did you hit the office! Don't you know that devotion to your employ
and a whole
The tonnage figures were as ander:-er's interests Total: 37,097 tons; British vessels: 28,788 tons; Other vessels: 10,911 tons.
lot more, springing the holier-than-thou stuff just like he was a hizzoner and me a poor soak.
At 9 am yesterday there were 39 vessels in the harbour, of which 24 were "So I don't stand for that, and I hand British. During the previous twenty-him the cold-boiled stare.
You're not
four hours twelve vessels arrived, viz., such a much-a-much, says I, and if a nine British, one Norwegian, one German | lady in this joint can't come in late after and one Japanese. The departures duf- a shindig it's going to get too rich for ing the same period numbered fourteen, my blood.' vis, one Chinese for Sha D'Chung, one Oh, he says, some smear! Where British and two Japanese for Singapore, | d'you get that stuff. one Chinese for Kwang Chow Wan, four! A Big Stift.N. British for Amey, one Dutch for Swatow, Applesauce! I says," and can one British for Ningpe, ore, Japanese for Takao and one Japanese for Shang hai. Clearances came to eight, vis., one Japanese for Swatow, one French for Kwang Chow Wan, one Japanese for Keelung, one Japanese for Shanghai, ond British for Singapore, one British for Jesselton, one British for Amoy and one Japanese for Manila'
GARGO ENTERED.
1
A.P.E.
(For the 24 hours ended, at 3 am, yesterday). For Hongkong
10,579 tons. For ports beyond
..27,804
Total
.38,183
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(For the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. on Tuesday). For Hongkong For ports, beyond
Total
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Of the cargo for Hongkong, British vessels brought 8,348 tona, the best re turas being 1,000 tons and 2,660 tora Three vessels of other nationalities brought 5,933. tons, the best return being 3,500 tons of coal With regard to freight for ports beyond, four British vessels carried 10,500 tons of beans and tea, and carried 14,381 tons, of which one vassel one 2,500 tons of general cargo. Two vessels under other flags carried the re maining 13,343 tons, their returns being for 7,300 tong, and 5,943 tons.
THE ARRIVALS.
The arrivals for the twenty-four hours ended at 9 am yesterday were under :-
KLA
Tilawa (British) from Yokohama and Shanghai with 888 tons of general cargo and 861, tons for ports be 'yond;
Top Sang (British) from Tsingtau and Foochow with 200 tons of general
the Sip-flop: 'likewise pass up on the ram- big stiff and you bunctious. You're put on lugs too much for me. You're a cheap skate,' I says, and rot the weisenheimer you figure you are."
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"Say, girlie,' be says, 'just because you're dressed up like a plush horse- 'don't think you can come the bunk with me. That "spiel's just a bunch of hot air. You're fred.'
That's the berries,' I says, and docs Mamie care a fat boot! She does not, believe you me, Slob!' I says, and with that I beat it."
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These are the essential translations: **Get the razz for fair," be severely re- buked; bit," arrive at; "spring the holier than-thou," make pretence to superior, morality; "hizzoner," judge;
poor soak," drunkard; "hand the cold- boiled stare," stare out of countenance; "much-a-much," of "much significance;
joint place; "shindig," important social function;" too rich for my blood," too much for me; "some smear," high class; applesauce," nonsense ;
сад the flip-flop," suppress the twaddle; up on the rambuacticus cease being cantankerous; put on lugs," put on side; " cheap skate," mean-spirit per- son, weisenheimer," shrewd man
come the bunk. succeed with empty talk
"that's the ber- spil," speech; ries, that's just right; "slob," disgust-
ing person. «
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Scientists are greatly interested in the report that a pilot of the Imperial Air- ways, while flying at a height of 8,000ft. encountered a wasp, which committed suicide" by dashing against the wind; screen of the machine.
The conclusion is that the waap waS drunk! But in fairness to the dead it should be stated that the wasp was not drunk as the result of over-indulgence cargo; Glenogle (British) from Vladvistock] in altohol. The belief is that it was and Shanghai, with a ail entry for carried away in the plane," drugged " Hongkong, but 10,500 tons of soda by the rarefied air, and then went over" beans and tea for ports beyond; board. Springbank (British) from Taku Bar
with a nil entry; Clydebank (British) from New York and Yokohama with 150 tons of general cargo and, 700 tons for ports beyond; Benvorlich (British) from London and,
Manila with 1,000 tons of general cargo and 2,500, tons for ports be- yoad; Apocy (British) from Saigon with
2,500 tons of rice, 200 tons of gen- eral cargo and 100 tons of firewood; Hai Ning (British) from Foochow and Amoy with 400 tons of general cargo;
Cheong Shing (British), from Canton
with a nil entry;
Tonjer (Norwegian) from Chinwangtao
with 3,500 tons of coal; Saarland (German) from Hamburg and Singapore with 790 tons of miscellaneous cargo and 7,300 tons for ports beyond;
Kama Maru (Japanese) from London and Singapore with 834 tons of general cargo and 5,043 tons for ports beyond
LATER ARRIVALS,
the above returns, were as under:--"
Awangchow (British) from Bangkok with 2,178 tons of teak, rice and general cargo;
Later arrivals, too late for inclusion in
Linan (British) from Shanghai with 1,125 tons of general cargo; [ Tjileboet (Dutch) from Dairen and Amoy with a cargo of pigs, and 1,177 tons of soya beans and general- cargo for ports beyond; Feigun Maru (Japanese) from Dairen with 2,800 tons of coal and 300 tons of general cargo, Seattle Mars (Japanese) from Cal cutta and Singapore with 333 tous of general cargo and 5,908 tone for ports beyond; Bulguerie Strellenburg (French). frota Saigon and Nhatrang with 1,055 tons of rice and general cargo, Man Sun (Chinese) from Macao with
a nil, entry.
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